Tasting notes on release: Our flagship wine is dark and dense with great fruit expression from the five Bordeaux varieties. Cassis, plum, berries, our customary talc-like fragrance with sumptuous chocolate, tobacco and earth on the nose and fine spices, cedar and pencil shavings derived from the oak.  A big mouth filling wine, matured in 70% new French oak this wine is engulfed by the huge ripe fruit.  Richly flavoured and beautifully complex, with immaculate tannin and structure, the aromas flow through to the palate which is flooded with ripe dark fruits and well integrated French oak. This wine is greatly concentrated with a finish that lasts and lasts.  

Tasting notes 12th February 2011: Smoky, toasty, cassis and fine gravel, burnt rose, pronounced oak. The palate in contrast is gentle with elegance. Grammy-award-winning tannins, a wine yet to release its full potential - in fact it reminds me of a Chateau Lafite I once had – just outstanding!  

Recommended drinking after a tasting at 1st August 2013: While the temptation to open a bottle of this superstar vintage might be high, patience will reward those who seek perfection. This Larose clearly has a long life ahead of it and will reward cellaring for 10- 20 years from release date.